STEM Spots: Experimental Studies Of Volatile Fractionation In The Early Solar System

KSMU | By Dr. David Cornelison

Published February 25, 2021 at 8:51 AM CST

In today's episode of STEM Spots, Dr. Cornelison discusses the collaborators, goals, and other various components of a project he is currently working on entitled Experimental Studies of Volatile Fractionation in the Early Solar System. The project's emphasis is on finding out how the evolution of the early solar system provided opportunities for there to be mismatches between the various kinds of elemental abundances over a wide range of elements. Listen to the segment below:

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Dr. David Cornelison

Dr. David Cornelison has been working as an educator and scientist in Arizona and Missouri universities for the last 32 years. From 2010-2018, he was the head of the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science at Missouri State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of experimental condensed-matter physics and astrophysics, while his educational efforts have focused on outreach to the K-12 school system. Most of all, he believes in curiosity-driven learning in the sciences and all other fields.

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